No turning back : poems of freedom 1990-1993 / Dibussi Tande.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Tande, Dibussi, 1968-

Series:

African Studies Centre research series.

Langaa & African Studies Centre

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Africa--Poetry.

Africa.

Cameroon--History.

Cameroon.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (71 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Cameroon : Langaa Research & Pub. CIG, 2007.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

No Turning Back relives the tumultuous beginnings of Africa's democratization experiment in the early 1990's. The main theme of the collection is an investment in hope and in the resilience of Africans. The poems are loud and clear in their castigation of dictatorship and its miseries. They celebrate the mass resolve and thirst for democracy by Africans for whom there is 'No turning back!' 'A lucid and truly memorable collection of poems. Dibussi forces us to turn back and look at the pivotal volcanic moments in Cameroon's history between 1990- 1993... As a student activist and budding journalist...

Contents:

Cover; Copyright Page; Dedication; Contents; Preface; Foreword; VISIONS; The Gathering Clouds; The Cry (Freedom!!); No Turning Back; Detention Blues; I shall Conquer; "El Norte"; Black Power; Fading Dream; "Francopholie"; * Amand'la; MAY 6, 1991; The Dreamer; Hold On Brother; Liberty City; TRIBULATIONS; Beyond the Promise; The Plunderers; Is it true Mama?; I Reign No More; The March; Why Brother Why?; Njangaland; ""Democrazy""; False Prophet; Disillusion; Betrayed; Keep On Smiling; Arise!; Mama Africa; SONGS OF HOPE; Broken Dreams; Discord; Sleeping Beauty; I Know Why the Frogs Croak So Loud

Gbea Boomerang; Journey's End - Going Back West; Freedom Now!!!; We Shall Rise Again!!!; Back Cover

Notes:

Cover title.

ISBN:

9786613198457

9781283198455

1283198452

9789956716852

9956716855

9789956716975

9956716979

9789956615575

9956615579

OCLC:

830165199